$126 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Michigan

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Francisco to Michigan departing on 8/24. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Michigan

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$269
Traverse City
Traverse City1 stop$349
Flint
Flint1 stop$369
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$510
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$338
Bay City
Bay City1 stop$364
Marquette
Marquette1 stop$436
Pellston
Pellston1 stop$754
Hancock
Hancock1 stop$504
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain1 stop$492
Muskegon
Muskegon3 stops$1,371
Escanaba
Escanaba2 stops$517
Alpena
Alpena1 stop$522
Ironwood
Ironwood2 stops$683
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$307
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$269
Traverse City
Traverse City1 stop$349
Flint
Flint1 stop$369
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$510
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$338
Bay City
Bay City1 stop$364
Marquette
Marquette1 stop$436
Pellston
Pellston1 stop$754
Hancock
Hancock1 stop$504
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain1 stop$492
Muskegon
Muskegon3 stops$1,371
Escanaba
Escanaba2 stops$517
Alpena
Alpena1 stop$522
Ironwood
Ironwood2 stops$683
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$307

Book Cheap San Francisco to Michigan Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Francisco to Michigan

Tue, Sep 8 - Sat, Sep 12
United Airlines Logo
5:00 am - 2:50 pm
SFO
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GRR
6h 50m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
2:10 pm - 6:44 pm
GRR
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SFO
7h 34m
1 stop
$269United Airlines
Fri, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 24
Delta Logo
10:59 pm - 11:20 am
SFO
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GRR
9h 21m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:38 pm - 11:47 pm
GRR
-
SFO
8h 09m
1 stop
$273Delta
Tue, Sep 29 - Sat, Oct 3
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 4:21 pm
SFO
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SBN
7h 21m
1 stop
Delta Logo
7:15 am - 1:06 pm
SBN
-
SFO
8h 51m
1 stop
$273Delta
Fri, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 24
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 7:44 pm
SFO
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GRR
10h 44m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:29 pm - 12:22 am
GRR
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SFO
6h 53m
1 stop
$274Frontier
Mon, Jul 13 - Thu, Jul 16
United Airlines Logo
10:38 pm - 8:07 am
SFO
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GRR
6h 29m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 11:38 am
GRR
-
SFO
7h 23m
1 stop
$298United Airlines
Tue, Sep 8 - Sat, Sep 12
American Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 4:39 pm
SFO
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GRR
8h 09m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:41 pm - 8:08 pm
GRR
-
SFO
8h 27m
1 stop
$305American Airlines
Wed, Jun 24 - Tue, Jun 30
Frontier Logo
10:58 pm - 5:07 am
SFO
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ORD
28h 09m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
6:55 am - 7:55 pm
ORD
-
SFO
15h 00m
1 stop
$307Frontier
Fri, Sep 11 - Mon, Sep 28
Southwest Logo
5:35 am - 11:40 am
SFO
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MDW
4h 05mnonstop
Southwest Logo
9:30 pm - 12:05 am
MDW
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SFO
4h 35mnonstop
$311Southwest
Thu, Aug 27 - Mon, Aug 31
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 4:51 pm
SFO
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ORD
7h 51m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:22 am - 10:00 am
ORD
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SFO
4h 38mnonstop
$312American Airlines
Fri, Jul 17 - Wed, Jul 22
Southwest Logo
11:40 pm - 5:55 am
SFO
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MDW
4h 15mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:30 am - 9:50 am
MDW
-
SFO
6h 20m
1 stop
$313Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Michigan flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Michigan to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from San Francisco to Michigan?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from San Francisco to Michigan departing in July.

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Michigan flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Michigan from San Francisco found in the last 5 days was to Detroit, at $316 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $316.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Michigan?

The average price for all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Michigan is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $470 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Michigan is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $566.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Francisco to Michigan?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $510, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Michigan?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to Michigan is September, when tickets cost $132 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,992 and $1,217 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Michigan?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from San Francisco to Michigan, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Michigan?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Michigan, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$126
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Grand Rapids

FAQs - booking Michigan flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Michigan?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Michigan.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Michigan?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Francisco to Michigan is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Michigan?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from San Francisco to Michigan with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Michigan?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from San Francisco to Michigan up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Michigan

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $221 one-way - $417 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Michigan

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Michigan. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Michigan? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4255 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
Airline reviews

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jun 2026
SMF - LAS
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Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Didn't like sitting on the waiting pad for 30 minutes right after departing the gate. If you're going to do that, just don't board so people can still get up and walk around in the terminal. My luggage was damaged by the baggage handlers.

The gentleman at the gate I think his name is RIE was exceptional

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Everything could have benn better. Short fly, no food, no entertainment and no wifi.

On the return flight, flight attendant Britt went out of her way to inform passengers that several of us had tight connections.

Flight late, the waited for a long time for “personal” to arrive at gate to dock the plane in Rochester. So annoying. This flight was expected, why aren’t personel available for the jet bridge?

Kayak botched up the booking, i had to call delta and fix. In the process Delta failed to honor my comfort plus seat assignment that i had previously.

First class is comfortable. Enjoyed a movie and was able to relax compared to coach.

Absolutely no communication on why there's a delay and multiple flight time reschedules. I would have canceled the flight and drove back home if I known it was going to be rescheduled 3 or 4 times.

Extremely disappointed with Delta. They canceled flight last minute and then I rebooked the other flights and with which were delayed as well

Horrifying Almost 2 million miles. Bring your own food and drink. One coffee or drink every three hours. Have to order meals on app more than 24 hours ahead Tiny and dirty bathrooms

My service dog and I were asked to deplane just before they closed the door - clearly very last minute they couldn’t find the documentation that I have filled out many many times before that is for flying service animals. I purposely purchase 3seats (a whole row) since he is large and not all passengers want to sit next to a dog on a cross country flight. The plane departed with my husband on it!!! They made me fill out a hard copy of the same form and had to reschedule me on a later flight where they could find 3 seats together!! I’ve done this so many times before - clearly the error was on their part in a technology glitch - but really people - do better!! Very traumatic - and my husband had to wait for us when he landed ….so bad. Poor pup was confused and tired.

No screens or meal options. Freezing cold. Dirty seats. Left late.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

Seats are uncomfortable. This has been a trend in the industry for decades. Trying to fit more seats on each plane to increase profits at the expense of the passenger.

Staff were good. My seat was in need of repair, but for a short flight was not problematic. Usual basic snack and drink setup that you'll find on any US carrier. Over, a decent, basic flight.

The flight from LA to Chicago was smooth and service was very good overall.

B-class on an old plane with antiquated amenities and poor service. Landed in Rome w/o bag that didn’t make the connection (plenty of time in London). Bag will come to hotel NOT the day it lands but the following night!! Still waiting for bag…BA had nothing to offer in support and couldn’t even tell me their comp, told to submit receipts and then I’ll learn what is or isn’t covered.

Ontario airport boarding was very easy to park and access, is clean and TSA took 10 minutes total. Check-in was a breeze and cruise was very nice.

Premium Economy Good crew, good service, excellent food. Seat back screen just not bright enough.

Left early arrived early..right amount of talking from pilots..of course had to love the biscuit and water!

Boarding gate at LAX was too crowded—two gates next to one another

On time departure and early arrival. Flight attendant very nice.

The SFO Lounge crew were amazing. The bartender Faris was great. Thanks!

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

Good flight, seated and had a water within 5 minutes. Crew was hospitable.

There weren't enough employees at check in took awhile to get bags checked. There wasn't a wheel chair for me, I was sent to someone who turns out to work for a different airline, if My flight hadn't been delayed I probably would have missed my flight as it was, by the time I arrived at my gate, they started boarding in about 15 minutes. I don't know who took me to my gate, definitely was not the normal people who take passengers to the gate. I'm guessing she may have been in a management position. I wish I knew her name, she went beyond to help me. With that said everyone was kind, and were doing the best they could. So, I choose to say it was an Adventure, stressful start, but good. In the end went well. The situation was not only difficult for passengers but the employee's.

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Both legs of the flight were changed. The day of the flight and length of the trip.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

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